Graining-tool.



F. M. CLAPP.

GRAINING TOOL.

APPLIoATIoN FILED SEPT. 1s, 190e.

Patented 1m29, 1908.

UNITED sTArEs PATENTA OEEIOE.

FORD M. oLAPr, OE CLEVELAND,- OHIo, AssIGNoR Tol THE OHIO vARNIsHCOMPANY, oF

CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO. i

GRAINING-TOOL.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

Application filed lSeptember 18, 1908. Serial No. 453,639.

To all rwhom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, FORD M. OLAPP, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful .Improvement in Graining-Tools, ofwhich etc. and which shall be very convenient in use and enable the userto get close to the corners of a room or into other conned space.

The invention comprises the means which I employ in attaining bothobjects which consists primarily of a segmental head with a handle andan elastic graining pad secured on the curved surface of the head andover onto the hat surface. A portion of the pad on the curved surface Iform of concentric ribs which by being rocked and drawn over the surfaceto be grained may produce a extending 'variety of eifects, while aportion On the flat surface I prefer to make of several irregularprojections adapted to give a quarter-sawed oak effect to the grainingmaterial.

rlfhe drawing clearly discloses my invention.

Figure 1 is aperspective view of the tool, and Fig. 2 is a developmentof thegraining pad.

Asshown in the drawing, A represents the' segmental head which isshownas a Wooden block -Inade in the form of a quarter cylinder. B representsa handle for this head which is socketed inthe head.I vTwo sockets arepreferably provided for the handle, one in each Of the hat faces of thehead. In Fig. 1, one socket, not shown, is occupied by the handle B. Theother socket is indicated b a. The handle lis easily removable from t esocket, which 'enables compactness in shipping. It may be inserted ineither hole to give the presentation desired to the head. It is to beunder-- stood that when the handle is in the socket shown in Fig. 1, theplortion of the pad having the ribs of sma er radius is thepartnaturally usedy in graining, while when the handle is inserted in thehole a, the portion of the pad adj acentto the ribs of larger radius isemployed, the tool being drawn over the surface, and at the same timerocked to produce the graining eect.

The pad referred to is indicated by C and consists preferably of a pieceof rubber having concentric ribs c which are formed about a center cwhich is of the pad, while beyond these ribs, adjacent to the other edgeof Athe pad, are formed preferably at Aone edge irregular projectionsc2. The pad is secured about the curved surface of the head, as shown inFig. 1 by nails or otherwise, the concentric ribs occupying the curvedsurface and the portion with the irregular rojec-f tions c2 being bentover onto the a jacent Hat surface and there secured. Preferably, apiece of felt or other softv backing D is placed etween the pad andwooden head. Q

To roduce the usual pine graining, for eXamp e, the curved surface ofthe head is employed, but whenever it is desired to give a quarter sawedeffect, the tool is simply turned over and the projections c2v are useThese projections are drawn across the sur-A the oor close to the Wallmay be accomphshed b'y-either ortionof the tool.

. Having thus dlescribed my invention, I claim:

1. In a graining tool, the combination of a head made in the form of ayquarter cylinder, a handle for said head, a graining surface ofconcentric ribs on the c urved portion of the head,'and a grainingsurface of irregular proectons on the adjacent iiat surface of the ea 12. In a graining tool, the combination of a head made in the form ofaquarter cylinder,- a handle for said head, and a rubber graining padcomposed of concentric ribs and isolate projections', said dpad beingsecured to the ead with the rib portion about the curved i *i srface,and the isolated projection portion for the handle formedin the fiatsurfaces of on one of the adjacent Hat surfaces. the head.` 1 if 3. Ina'graining tool, the combination of a In testimony whereof, I hereuntoaffix my wooden head made with a curved surface and signature in thepresence of two Witnesses.

two. Hat surfaces, and a rubber pad secured FORD M. CLAPP. v

about the curved surface and extending over Witnesses:

onto the adjacent portion of one of the fiat J. B. LAMB,

surfaces, and a handle, there being sockets CURT B. MUELLER.

